[EMAIL PROTECTED] inquired, after sharing a cool story: > > Has anyone else ever bribed a friend or relative to allow you to get "the > perfect shot"?
I think I've been brainwashed too much with NPPA Journalistic Ethics to even consider bribery -- however, during a visit from my father last year I managed to get him to sit, and cooperate beautifully, for the best portrait of him I have ever seen (much less taken)! My father is the type who always strikes up a facing-the-firing-squad pose when about to be photographed, but this time he was very eager to be photographed well. The reason? He assumed when I suggested the portrait session that I would be using my Rollei, and he really, really likes my Rollei. (See his Jan. PUG submission for evidence of this interest.) Still can't get him to behave for a Pentax portrait, though ... :( (so I guess the implicit but understood bribe was "I'll use the Ro-o-o-ll-ei!") ERNR
